diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad529aac..040e1a47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 ## Unreleased - TBD
 
 ### Added
+- Add ability to extract images if source is a URL. [Issue #1997](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/1997) [PR #2072](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/2072)
 
 - Support for passing flags in the Reader `load()` and Writer `save()`methods, and through the IOFactory, to set behaviours. [PR #2136](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/2136)
   - See [documentation](https://phpspreadsheet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/reading-and-writing-to-file/) for details
diff --git a/docs/topics/recipes.md b/docs/topics/recipes.md
index 471d1dda..ddf315be 100644
--- a/docs/topics/recipes.md
+++ b/docs/topics/recipes.md
@@ -1372,9 +1372,11 @@ The following code extracts images from the current active worksheet,
 and writes each as a separate file.
 
 ```php
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\MemoryDrawing;
 $i = 0;
+
 foreach ($spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getDrawingCollection() as $drawing) {
-    if ($drawing instanceof \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\MemoryDrawing) {
+    if ($drawing instanceof MemoryDrawing) {
         ob_start();
         call_user_func(
             $drawing->getRenderingFunction(),
@@ -1383,24 +1385,39 @@ foreach ($spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->getDrawingCollection() as $drawing) {
         $imageContents = ob_get_contents();
         ob_end_clean();
         switch ($drawing->getMimeType()) {
-            case \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_PNG :
+            case MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_PNG :
                 $extension = 'png';
                 break;
-            case \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_GIF:
+            case MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_GIF:
                 $extension = 'gif';
                 break;
-            case \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_JPEG :
+            case MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_JPEG :
                 $extension = 'jpg';
                 break;
         }
     } else {
-        $zipReader = fopen($drawing->getPath(),'r');
-        $imageContents = '';
-        while (!feof($zipReader)) {
-            $imageContents .= fread($zipReader,1024);
+        if ($drawing->getPath()) {
+            // Check if the source is a URL or a file path
+            if ($drawing->getIsURL()) {
+                $imageContents = file_get_contents($drawing->getPath());
+                $filePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'Drawing');
+                file_put_contents($filePath , $imageContents);
+                $mimeType = mime_content_type($filePath);
+                // You could use the below to find the extension from mime type.
+                // https://gist.github.com/alexcorvi/df8faecb59e86bee93411f6a7967df2c#gistcomment-2722664
+                $extension = File::mime2ext($mimeType);
+                unlink($filePath);            
+            }
+            else {
+                $zipReader = fopen($drawing->getPath(),'r');
+                $imageContents = '';
+                while (!feof($zipReader)) {
+                    $imageContents .= fread($zipReader,1024);
+                }
+                fclose($zipReader);
+                $extension = $drawing->getExtension();            
+            }
         }
-        fclose($zipReader);
-        $extension = $drawing->getExtension();
     }
     $myFileName = '00_Image_'.++$i.'.'.$extension;
     file_put_contents($myFileName,$imageContents);
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
index da4a80d1..50b2a709 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
@@ -1149,17 +1149,25 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                                     $objDrawing = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Drawing();
                                                     $objDrawing->setName((string) self::getArrayItem($oneCellAnchor->pic->nvPicPr->cNvPr->attributes(), 'name'));
                                                     $objDrawing->setDescription((string) self::getArrayItem($oneCellAnchor->pic->nvPicPr->cNvPr->attributes(), 'descr'));
-                                                    $imageKey = (string) self::getArrayItem(
+                                                    $embedImageKey = (string) self::getArrayItem(
                                                         $blip->attributes('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships'),
                                                         'embed'
                                                     );
-
-                                                    if (isset($images[$imageKey])) {
+                                                    if (isset($images[$embedImageKey])) {
                                                         $objDrawing->setPath(
                                                             'zip://' . File::realpath($pFilename) . '#' .
-                                                            $images[$imageKey],
+                                                            $images[$embedImageKey],
                                                             false
                                                         );
+                                                    } else {
+                                                        $linkImageKey = (string) self::getArrayItem(
+                                                            $blip->attributes('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships'),
+                                                            'link'
+                                                        );
+                                                        if (isset($images[$linkImageKey])) {
+                                                            $url = str_replace('xl/drawings/', '', $images[$linkImageKey]);
+                                                            $objDrawing->setPath($url);
+                                                        }
                                                     }
                                                     $objDrawing->setCoordinates(Coordinate::stringFromColumnIndex(((int) $oneCellAnchor->from->col) + 1) . ($oneCellAnchor->from->row + 1));
 
@@ -1220,16 +1228,25 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                                     $objDrawing = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Drawing();
                                                     $objDrawing->setName((string) self::getArrayItem($twoCellAnchor->pic->nvPicPr->cNvPr->attributes(), 'name'));
                                                     $objDrawing->setDescription((string) self::getArrayItem($twoCellAnchor->pic->nvPicPr->cNvPr->attributes(), 'descr'));
-                                                    $imageKey = (string) self::getArrayItem(
+                                                    $embedImageKey = (string) self::getArrayItem(
                                                         $blip->attributes('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships'),
                                                         'embed'
                                                     );
-                                                    if (isset($images[$imageKey])) {
+                                                    if (isset($images[$embedImageKey])) {
                                                         $objDrawing->setPath(
                                                             'zip://' . File::realpath($pFilename) . '#' .
-                                                            $images[$imageKey],
+                                                            $images[$embedImageKey],
                                                             false
                                                         );
+                                                    } else {
+                                                        $linkImageKey = (string) self::getArrayItem(
+                                                            $blip->attributes('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships'),
+                                                            'link'
+                                                        );
+                                                        if (isset($images[$linkImageKey])) {
+                                                            $url = str_replace('xl/drawings/', '', $images[$linkImageKey]);
+                                                            $objDrawing->setPath($url);
+                                                        }
                                                     }
                                                     $objDrawing->setCoordinates(Coordinate::stringFromColumnIndex(((int) $twoCellAnchor->from->col) + 1) . ($twoCellAnchor->from->row + 1));
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Drawing.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Drawing.php
index 1f1dae93..a8cbb79d 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Drawing.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Drawing.php
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ class Drawing extends BaseDrawing
      */
     private $path;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether or not we are dealing with a URL.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $isUrl;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Drawing.
      */
@@ -20,6 +27,7 @@ class Drawing extends BaseDrawing
     {
         // Initialise values
         $this->path = '';
+        $this->isUrl = false;
 
         // Initialize parent
         parent::__construct();
@@ -81,9 +89,25 @@ class Drawing extends BaseDrawing
     public function setPath($pValue, $pVerifyFile = true)
     {
         if ($pVerifyFile) {
-            if (file_exists($pValue)) {
+            // Check if a URL has been passed. https://stackoverflow.com/a/2058596/1252979
+            if (filter_var($pValue, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
+                $this->path = $pValue;
+                // Implicit that it is a URL, rather store info than running check above on value in other places.
+                $this->isUrl = true;
+                $imageContents = file_get_contents($pValue);
+                $filePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'Drawing');
+                if ($filePath) {
+                    file_put_contents($filePath, $imageContents);
+                    if (file_exists($filePath)) {
+                        if ($this->width == 0 && $this->height == 0) {
+                            // Get width/height
+                            [$this->width, $this->height] = getimagesize($filePath);
+                        }
+                        unlink($filePath);
+                    }
+                }
+            } elseif (file_exists($pValue)) {
                 $this->path = $pValue;
-
                 if ($this->width == 0 && $this->height == 0) {
                     // Get width/height
                     [$this->width, $this->height] = getimagesize($pValue);
@@ -98,6 +122,26 @@ class Drawing extends BaseDrawing
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get isURL.
+     */
+    public function getIsURL(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->isUrl;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set isURL.
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setIsURL(bool $isUrl): self
+    {
+        $this->isUrl = $isUrl;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get hash code.
      *
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Utility/File.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Utility/File.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2283326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Utility/File.php
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Utility;
+
+class File
+{
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16511021/convert-mime-type-to-file-extension-php
+    public static function mime2ext(string $mime): string
+    {
+        $mime_map = [
+            'video/3gpp2' => '3g2',
+            'video/3gp' => '3gp',
+            'video/3gpp' => '3gp',
+            'application/x-compressed' => '7zip',
+            'audio/x-acc' => 'aac',
+            'audio/ac3' => 'ac3',
+            'application/postscript' => 'ai',
+            'audio/x-aiff' => 'aif',
+            'audio/aiff' => 'aif',
+            'audio/x-au' => 'au',
+            'video/x-msvideo' => 'avi',
+            'video/msvideo' => 'avi',
+            'video/avi' => 'avi',
+            'application/x-troff-msvideo' => 'avi',
+            'application/macbinary' => 'bin',
+            'application/mac-binary' => 'bin',
+            'application/x-binary' => 'bin',
+            'application/x-macbinary' => 'bin',
+            'image/bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'image/x-bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'image/x-bitmap' => 'bmp',
+            'image/x-xbitmap' => 'bmp',
+            'image/x-win-bitmap' => 'bmp',
+            'image/x-windows-bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'image/ms-bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'image/x-ms-bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'application/bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'application/x-bmp' => 'bmp',
+            'application/x-win-bitmap' => 'bmp',
+            'application/cdr' => 'cdr',
+            'application/coreldraw' => 'cdr',
+            'application/x-cdr' => 'cdr',
+            'application/x-coreldraw' => 'cdr',
+            'image/cdr' => 'cdr',
+            'image/x-cdr' => 'cdr',
+            'zz-application/zz-winassoc-cdr' => 'cdr',
+            'application/mac-compactpro' => 'cpt',
+            'application/pkix-crl' => 'crl',
+            'application/pkcs-crl' => 'crl',
+            'application/x-x509-ca-cert' => 'crt',
+            'application/pkix-cert' => 'crt',
+            'text/css' => 'css',
+            'text/x-comma-separated-values' => 'csv',
+            'text/comma-separated-values' => 'csv',
+            'application/vnd.msexcel' => 'csv',
+            'application/x-director' => 'dcr',
+            'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document' => 'docx',
+            'application/x-dvi' => 'dvi',
+            'message/rfc822' => 'eml',
+            'application/x-msdownload' => 'exe',
+            'video/x-f4v' => 'f4v',
+            'audio/x-flac' => 'flac',
+            'video/x-flv' => 'flv',
+            'image/gif' => 'gif',
+            'application/gpg-keys' => 'gpg',
+            'application/x-gtar' => 'gtar',
+            'application/x-gzip' => 'gzip',
+            'application/mac-binhex40' => 'hqx',
+            'application/mac-binhex' => 'hqx',
+            'application/x-binhex40' => 'hqx',
+            'application/x-mac-binhex40' => 'hqx',
+            'text/html' => 'html',
+            'image/x-icon' => 'ico',
+            'image/x-ico' => 'ico',
+            'image/vnd.microsoft.icon' => 'ico',
+            'text/calendar' => 'ics',
+            'application/java-archive' => 'jar',
+            'application/x-java-application' => 'jar',
+            'application/x-jar' => 'jar',
+            'image/jp2' => 'jp2',
+            'video/mj2' => 'jp2',
+            'image/jpx' => 'jp2',
+            'image/jpm' => 'jp2',
+            'image/jpeg' => 'jpeg',
+            'image/pjpeg' => 'jpeg',
+            'application/x-javascript' => 'js',
+            'application/json' => 'json',
+            'text/json' => 'json',
+            'application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml' => 'kml',
+            'application/vnd.google-earth.kmz' => 'kmz',
+            'text/x-log' => 'log',
+            'audio/x-m4a' => 'm4a',
+            'audio/mp4' => 'm4a',
+            'application/vnd.mpegurl' => 'm4u',
+            'audio/midi' => 'mid',
+            'application/vnd.mif' => 'mif',
+            'video/quicktime' => 'mov',
+            'video/x-sgi-movie' => 'movie',
+            'audio/mpeg' => 'mp3',
+            'audio/mpg' => 'mp3',
+            'audio/mpeg3' => 'mp3',
+            'audio/mp3' => 'mp3',
+            'video/mp4' => 'mp4',
+            'video/mpeg' => 'mpeg',
+            'application/oda' => 'oda',
+            'audio/ogg' => 'ogg',
+            'video/ogg' => 'ogg',
+            'application/ogg' => 'ogg',
+            'font/otf' => 'otf',
+            'application/x-pkcs10' => 'p10',
+            'application/pkcs10' => 'p10',
+            'application/x-pkcs12' => 'p12',
+            'application/x-pkcs7-signature' => 'p7a',
+            'application/pkcs7-mime' => 'p7c',
+            'application/x-pkcs7-mime' => 'p7c',
+            'application/x-pkcs7-certreqresp' => 'p7r',
+            'application/pkcs7-signature' => 'p7s',
+            'application/pdf' => 'pdf',
+            'application/octet-stream' => 'pdf',
+            'application/x-x509-user-cert' => 'pem',
+            'application/x-pem-file' => 'pem',
+            'application/pgp' => 'pgp',
+            'application/x-httpd-php' => 'php',
+            'application/php' => 'php',
+            'application/x-php' => 'php',
+            'text/php' => 'php',
+            'text/x-php' => 'php',
+            'application/x-httpd-php-source' => 'php',
+            'image/png' => 'png',
+            'image/x-png' => 'png',
+            'application/powerpoint' => 'ppt',
+            'application/vnd.ms-powerpoint' => 'ppt',
+            'application/vnd.ms-office' => 'ppt',
+            'application/msword' => 'doc',
+            'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation' => 'pptx',
+            'application/x-photoshop' => 'psd',
+            'image/vnd.adobe.photoshop' => 'psd',
+            'audio/x-realaudio' => 'ra',
+            'audio/x-pn-realaudio' => 'ram',
+            'application/x-rar' => 'rar',
+            'application/rar' => 'rar',
+            'application/x-rar-compressed' => 'rar',
+            'audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin' => 'rpm',
+            'application/x-pkcs7' => 'rsa',
+            'text/rtf' => 'rtf',
+            'text/richtext' => 'rtx',
+            'video/vnd.rn-realvideo' => 'rv',
+            'application/x-stuffit' => 'sit',
+            'application/smil' => 'smil',
+            'text/srt' => 'srt',
+            'image/svg+xml' => 'svg',
+            'application/x-shockwave-flash' => 'swf',
+            'application/x-tar' => 'tar',
+            'application/x-gzip-compressed' => 'tgz',
+            'image/tiff' => 'tiff',
+            'font/ttf' => 'ttf',
+            'text/plain' => 'txt',
+            'text/x-vcard' => 'vcf',
+            'application/videolan' => 'vlc',
+            'text/vtt' => 'vtt',
+            'audio/x-wav' => 'wav',
+            'audio/wave' => 'wav',
+            'audio/wav' => 'wav',
+            'application/wbxml' => 'wbxml',
+            'video/webm' => 'webm',
+            'image/webp' => 'webp',
+            'audio/x-ms-wma' => 'wma',
+            'application/wmlc' => 'wmlc',
+            'video/x-ms-wmv' => 'wmv',
+            'video/x-ms-asf' => 'wmv',
+            'font/woff' => 'woff',
+            'font/woff2' => 'woff2',
+            'application/xhtml+xml' => 'xhtml',
+            'application/excel' => 'xl',
+            'application/msexcel' => 'xls',
+            'application/x-msexcel' => 'xls',
+            'application/x-ms-excel' => 'xls',
+            'application/x-excel' => 'xls',
+            'application/x-dos_ms_excel' => 'xls',
+            'application/xls' => 'xls',
+            'application/x-xls' => 'xls',
+            'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet' => 'xlsx',
+            'application/vnd.ms-excel' => 'xlsx',
+            'application/xml' => 'xml',
+            'text/xml' => 'xml',
+            'text/xsl' => 'xsl',
+            'application/xspf+xml' => 'xspf',
+            'application/x-compress' => 'z',
+            'application/x-zip' => 'zip',
+            'application/zip' => 'zip',
+            'application/x-zip-compressed' => 'zip',
+            'application/s-compressed' => 'zip',
+            'multipart/x-zip' => 'zip',
+            'text/x-scriptzsh' => 'zsh',
+        ];
+
+        return $mime_map[$mime] ?? '';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Xlsx/URLImageTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Xlsx/URLImageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8e81501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Xlsx/URLImageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Xlsx;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Drawing;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\MemoryDrawing;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Utility\File;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class URLImageTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testURLImageSource(): void
+    {
+        $filename = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../data/Reader/XLSX/urlImage.xlsx');
+        if (!$filename) {
+            self::fail('No test file found.');
+        } else {
+            $reader = IOFactory::createReader('Xlsx');
+            $spreadsheet = $reader->load($filename);
+            $worksheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+
+            foreach ($worksheet->getDrawingCollection() as $drawing) {
+                if ($drawing instanceof MemoryDrawing) {
+                    // Skip memory drawings
+                } elseif ($drawing instanceof Drawing) {
+                    // Check if the source is a URL or a file path
+                    if ($drawing->getPath() && $drawing->getIsURL()) {
+                        $imageContents = file_get_contents($drawing->getPath());
+                        $filePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'Drawing');
+                        if ($filePath) {
+                            file_put_contents($filePath, $imageContents);
+                            if (file_exists($filePath)) {
+                                $mimeType = mime_content_type($filePath);
+                                // You could use the below to find the extension from mime type.
+                                if ($mimeType) {
+                                    $extension = File::mime2ext($mimeType);
+                                    self::assertEquals('jpeg', $extension);
+                                    unlink($filePath);
+                                } else {
+                                    self::fail('Could establish mime type.');
+                                }
+                            } else {
+                                self::fail('Could not write file to disk.');
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            self::fail('Could not create fiel path.');
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        self::fail('Could not assert that the file contains an image that is URL sourced.');
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    self::fail('No image path found.');
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (empty($worksheet->getDrawingCollection())) {
+                self::fail('No image found in file.');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/urlImage.xlsx b/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/urlImage.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01e8e24d
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/urlImage.xlsx differ